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Q.1 to Q.30 Carry One Mark Each.

1.
Strokes theorem connects

(a) a line integral and a surface integral
(b) a surface integral and a volume integral
(c) a line integral and a volume integral
(d) gradient of a function and its surface
integral
2.
A lot has 10% defective items. Ten items are chosen randomly from this lot. The
probability that exactly(b)
2 of
the chosen items
are0.2234
defective is
0.1937
(c)
(d) 0.3874
(a) 0.0036
a
3.
( sin
x + sin7 x dx is equal to
a
a
(a) 2 sin6 xdx
(b) 2 sin7 xdx
(c) 2
(sin
x + sin7 x dx
(d) zero
4.
A is a 3 4 real matrix and A x = b is an inconsistent system of equations. The

highest possible rank of A is
(a) 1
5.
Changing
(b) 2
the
order
(c) 3
of
8 2
I =
the
integration
(d) 4
in
the
double
integral
f ( x, y ) dydx leads to
I =
f ( x, y ) dxdy. What is q?
s
x
0 4
r p
(a) 4y
6.
(b) 16y2
(c) x
(d) 8
The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by
x 2t 3 + t 2 + 2t. If is the velocity and a the acceleration of the particle in

consistent units, the motion started with
(a) =0, a=0
7.
(b) =0, a=2
(c) =2 a=0
(d) =2 a=2
A simple pendulum of length 5m, with a bob of mass 1 kg, is in simple

harmonic motion. As it passes through its mean position, the bob has a speed of
5 m/s. the net force on the bob at the mean position is
(a) zero
(b) 2.5 N
(c) 5 N
(d) 25 N
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8.
9.
A uniform, slender cylindrical rod is made of a homogeneous and isotropic

material. The rod rests on a frictionless surface. The rod is heated uniformly. If
the
radial
and
longitudinal
thermal
stresses
are
represented
by
r and z , respectively, then
(a) r = 0, z = 0
(b) r 0, z = 0
(c) r = 0, z 0
(d) r 0, z 0
Two identical cantilever beams are supported as shown, with their free ends in
contact through a rigid roller. After the load P is applied, the free ends will have
P
(a) equal deflections but not equal slopes

(b) equal slopes but not equal deflections
(c) equal slopes as well as equal deflections
(d) neither equal slopes nor equal deflections
10.
The number of degrees of freedom of a planar linkage with 8 links and 9

simple revolute joints is
(a) 1
11.
13.
(d) 4
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
Which one of the following is a criterion in the design of hydrodynamic journal

bearings?
(a) Sommerfeld number
(b) Rating life
(c) Specific dynamic capacity
(d) Rotation factor
The velocity components in the x and y directions of a two dimensional potential

u
flow are u and v, respectively, then
is equal to
x
(a)
14.
(c) 3
There are four samples P, Q, R and S, with natural frequencies 64, 96, 128 and
256 Hz respectively. There are mounted on test setups for conducting vibration
experiments. If a loud pure not of frequency 144 Hz is produced by some
instrument, which of the samples will show the most perceptible induced
vibration?
(a) P
12.
(b) 2
(b)
(c)
(d)
In a case of one dimensional heat conduction in a medium with constant

T
properties, T is the temperature at position x, at time t. then
is proportional
t
to
(a)
T
x
(b)
T
x
(c)
2T
x t
(d)
2T
x 2
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15.
The following four figures have been drawn

thermodynamics cycle, on the p-v and T-s planes.
represent
v
Figure 1
to
fictitious
s
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure
According to the first law of thermodynamics, equal areas are enclosed by
16.
(a) Figures 1 and 2
(b) Figures 1 and 3
(c) Figures 1 and 4
(d) Figures 2 and 3
A p-v diagram has been obtained from a test on a reciprocating compressor.

Which of the following represents that diagram?
(a)
(b)
p
p
pout
pout
Pin
Pin
v
v
vc
(c)
(d)
p
p
pout
pout
Pin
Pin
v
vc
17.
vc
The following figure was generated

from experimental data relating
spectral black body emissive power
to
wave
length
at
three
temperatures
T1 , T2 and T3 (T1 > T2 < T3 ) .
T1
Eb(W/m2.m)
T2
T3
(m
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The conclusion is that the measurements are

(a) correct because the maxima in Eb show that correct trend
(b) correct because Plancks law is satisfied
(c) wrong because the Stefan Boltzmann law is not
satisfied
(d) wrong because Wiens displacement law is not
satisfied
18.
For a typical sample of ambient air (at 35C, 75% relative humidity and
standard atmospheric pressure), the amount of moisture in kg per kg of dry
air will be approximately
(b) 0.027
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.75
(a) 0.002
19.
20.
Water at 42 is sprayed into a stream of air at atmospheric pressure, dry bulb

temperature of 40C and a wet bulb temperature of 20C. The air leaving the
spray humidifier is not saturated. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Air gets cooled and humidified
(b) Air gets heated and humidified
(c) Air gets heated and dehumidified
(d) Air gets cooled and dehumidified
Match the items of List I (Equipment) with the items of List II (Process)
and select the correct answer using the given codes.
List I (Equipment)
List (Process)
P Hot Chamber Machine
1 Cleaning
Q Muller
2 Core making
R Dielectric Baker
3 Die casting
S Sand Blaster
4 Annealing
5 Sand mixing
21.
(a) P 2 Q 1 R 4 S - 5
(b) P 4 Q 2 R 3 S - 5
(c) P 4 Q 5 R 1 S - 2
(d) P 3 Q 5 R 2 S - 1
When the temperature of a solid metal increases.

(a) strength of the metal decreases but ductility increases
(b) both strength and ductility of the metal decrease
(c) both strength and ductility of the metal increase
(d) strength of the metal increases but ductility decreases
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22.
The strength of a brazed joint

(a) decreases with increase in gap between the two joining surfaces
(b) increases with increase in gap between the two joining surfaces
(c) decreases up to certain gap between the two joining surfaces beyond which
it increases
(d) increases up to certain gap between the two joining surfaces beyond which it
decreases
23.
A zigzag cavity in a block of high strength alloy is to be finish machined. This

can be carried out by using
(a) electric discharge machining
(b) electro-chemical machining

(c) laser beam machining
(d) abrasive flow machining
24.
In order to have interfernce fit, it is essential that the lower limit of the shaft
should be
(a) greater than the upper limit of the
hole
(b) lesser than the upper limit of the
hole
(c) greater than the lower limit of the hole
(d) lesser than the lower limit of the hole
25.
When 3-2-1 principle in used to support and locate a three dimensional

workpiece during machining, the number of degrees of freedom that are
restricted is
(a) 7
(c) 9
(d) 10
The figure below shows a graph, which qualitatively relates cutting speed and
Total Cost
cost per piece produced.
Cost per piece
26.
(b) 8
3
2
Cutting Speed
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The three curves, 1, 2 and 3 respectively represent

(a) machining cost, non-productive cost, tool changing cost
(b) non-productive cost, machining cost, tool changing cost
(c) tool changing cost, machining cost, non-productive cost
(d) tool changing cost, non-productive cost, machining cost
27.
28.
Which among the NC operations given below are continuous path operations?
Arc Welding (AW)
Milling (M)
Drilling (D)
Punching in Sheet Metal (P)
Laser Cutting of Sheet Metal (LC)
Spot Welding (SW)
(a) AW, LC and M
(b) AW, D, LC and M
(c) D, LC, P and SW
(d) D, LC and SW
An assembly activity is represented on an Operation Process Chart by the
symbol
29.
(a)
(c) D
(d) O
The sales of a product during the last four years were 860, 880, 870 and 890
units. The forecast for the fourth year was 876 units. If the forecast for the fifth
year, using simple exponential smoothing, is equal to the forecast using a three
period moving average, the value of the exponential smoothing constant is
(a)
30.
(b) A
1
7
(b)
1
5
(c)
2
7
Consider a single server queuing model with Poisson arrivals

exponential service
(d)
2
5
( = 4 / hour ) and
= 4 / hour ) . The number in the system is restricted to a
maximum of 10. the probability that a person who comes in leaves without
joining the queue is
(a)
1
11
(b)
1
10
(c)
1
9
(d)
1
2
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Q.31 to Q.80 Carry One Marks Each.

31.
Which one of the following is an eigen vector of the
matrix
0
0
0 0 0
5 0 0
?
0 2 1
0 3 1
1

2
(a)
0

0
32.
0

0
(b)
1

0
1

1
(d)
2

1
With a 1 unit change in b, what is the change in x in the solution of the system of
equations x + y = 2,1.01x + 0.99y = b ?
(a) zero
33.
1

0
(c)
0

2
(b) 2 units
(c) 50 units
By a change of variables x(u,v)=uv, y(u,v)=
v
u
(d) 100 units
in a double integral, the
integrand f ( x, y ) changes to f uv , ( u, v ) . Then, ( u, v ) is

u
(a) 2
34.
(b) 2uv
1
m
3
If x 2
(b)
(d) 1
2
m
3
(c)
2 2
m
3
(d)
4
m
3
dy
2 ln x
+ 2 xy =
, and y (1) = 0, then what is y(e)?
dx
x
(a) e
36.
(c) v 2
The right circular cone of largest volume that can be enclosed by a sphere of 1 m
radius has a height of
(a)
35.
v
u
The line integral
(b) 1
(c)
1
e
(d)
e2
ur r
ur r
V .dr of the vector function V r = 2 xyzi + x 2 zj + x 2 yk from the
()
origin to the point P(1,1,1)

(a) is 1
(b) is zero
(c) is 1
(d) cannot be determined without specifying the path
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37.
Starting from x0 =1, one step of Newton-Raphson method in solving the equation
x 3 + 3x 7 = 0 gives the next value (x1) as

(a) x1=0.5
38.
1
9
(d) x1=2
(b)
5
36
(c)
1
4
(d)
3
4
Two books of mass 1 kg each are kept on a table, one over the other. The
coefficient of friction on every pair of contacting surfaces is 0.3. the lower book
is pulled with a horizontal force F. the minimum value of F for which slip
occurs between the two books is
(a) zero
40.
(c) x1=1.5
A single die is thrown twice. What is the probability that the sum is neither 8
or 9?
(a)
39.
(b) x1=1.406
(b) 1.06 N
(c) 5.74 N
(d) 8.83 N
A shell is fired from a cannon. At the instant the shell is just about to leave the
barrel, its velocity relative to the barrel is 3m/s, while the barrel is swinging
upwards with a constant angular velocity of 2 rad/sec. The magnitude of the
absolute velocity of the shell is
(a) 3 m/s
2rad/s
(b) 4 m/s
(c) 5 m/s
2m
(d) 7 m/s
41.
An elevator (lift) consists of the elevator cage and a counter weight, of mass m
each. The cage and the counterweight are connected by a chain that passes over
a pulley. The pulley is coupled to a motor. It is desired that the elevator should
have a maximum stopping time of t seconds from a peak speed v. if the inertia of
the pulley and the chain are neglected, the minimum power that the motor must
have is
(a)
pulley
1
mv 2
2
(b)
mv 2
2t
(c)
mv 2
t
(d)
2mv 2
t
chain
v
m
cage
m
Counter weight
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42.
A 1 kg mass of clay, moving with a velocity of 10 m/s, strikes a stationary wheel

and sticks to it. The solid wheel has a mass of 20 kg and a radius of 1 m.
assuming that the wheel and the ground are both rigid and that the wheel is set
into pure rolling motion, the angular velocity of the wheel immediately after the
impact is approximately
20kg
10m/s
+
1kg
(a) zero
43.
1m
(b)
1
rad / s
3
10
rad / s
3
(c)
(d)
10
rad / s
3
The two shafts AB and BC, of equal length and diameters d and 2d, are made of
the same material. They are joined at B through a shaft coupling, while the ends
A and C are built-in (cantilevered). A twisting moment T is applied to the
coupling. If TA and TC represent the twisting moments at the ends A and C,
coupling
respectively, then
d
(a) TC = TA
2d
(b) TC = 8TA
(c) TC = 16TA
(d) TA = 16TC
44.
L
B
A beam is made up of two identical bars AB and BC, by hinging them together
at
B. The end A is built-in (cantilevered) and the end C is simply supported. With
the load P acting as shown, the bending moment at A is
(a) zero
P
(b) PL
2
(c)
A
C
o
3PL
2
L/2
L
(d) indeterminate
45.
A cantilever beam carries the anti-symmetric load shown, where wo is the

p eak intensity of the distributed load. Qualitatively, the correct bending
moment diagram for this beam is
wo
B
wo
L
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46.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
A cantilever beam has the square cross section of 10 mm 10 mm. It carries a

transverse load of 10 N. considering only the bottom fibres of the beam, the
correct representation of the longitudinal variation of the bending stress is
10N
10mm
1m
1m
(a)
10mm
(b)
60 MPa
60 MPa
(c)
(d)
400 MPa
47.
In a cam-follower mechanism, the follower needs to rise through 20 mm during

60 of cam rotation, the first 30 with a constant acceleration and then with a
deceleration of the same magnitude. The initial and final speeds of the follower
are zero. The cam rotates at a uniform speed of 300 rpm. The maximum speed of
the follower is
(a) 0.60 m/s
48.
400 MPa
(b) 1.20 m/s
(c) 1.68 m/s
(d) 2.40 m/s
A rotating disc of 1 m diameter has two eccentric masses of 0.5 kg each at radii
of 50 mm and 60 mm at angular positions of 0 and 150, respectively. A
balancing mass of 0.1 kg is to be used to balance the rotor. What is the radial
position of the balancing mass?
(a) 50 mm
(b) 120 mm
(c) 150 mm
(d) 280 mm
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49.
In a spring-mass system, the mass is 0.1 kg and the stiffness of the spring is 1
kN/m. By introducing a damper, the frequency of oscillation is found to be 90%
of the original value. What is the damping coefficient of the damper?
(a) 1.2 N.s/m
(b) 3.4 N.s/m
(c) 8.7 N.s/m
(d) 12.0 N.s/m
(MPa)
50.
The Mohrs circle of plane stress for a

point in a body is shown. The design is
to be done on the basis of the maximum
shear stress theory for yielding. Then,
yielding will just begin if the designer
chooses a ductile material whose yield
strength is
(a) 45 MPa
51.
52.
-100
-10
(c) 90 MPa
(d) 100 MPa
A weighing machine consists of a 2 kg pan resting on a spring. In this condition,

the pan resting on the spring, the length of the spring is 200 mm. When a mass
of 20 kg is placed on the pan, the length of the spring becomes 100 mm. For the
spring, the un-deformed length lo and the spring constant k (stiffness) are
(a) lo = 220mm, k = 1862N / m
(b) lo = 210mm, k = 1960N / m
(c) lo = 200mm, k = 1960 N / m
(d) lo = 200mm, k = 2156N / m
A venturimeter of 20 mm throat diameter is used to measure the velocity of

water in a horizontal pipe of 40 mm diameter. If the pressure difference between
the pipe and throat sections is found to be 30 kPa then, neglecting frictional
losses, the flow velocity is
(a) 0.2 m/s
53.
(b) 50 MPa
(MPa)
(b) 1.0 m/s
(c) 1.4 m/s
A U-tube manometer with a small quantity of

mercury is used to measure the static pressure
difference between two locations A and B in a conical
section through which an incompressible fluid flows.
At a particular flow rate, the mercury column
appears as shown in the figure. The density of
mercury is 13600 kg/m3 and g = 9.81 m/s2. Which
of the following is correct?
(d) 2.0 m/s
B
A
150mm
(a) Flow direction is A to B and pA pB = 20 kPa

(b) Flow direction is B to A and pA pB = 1.4 kPa
(c) Flow direction is A to B and pB pA = 20 kPa
(d) Flow direction is B to A and pB pA = 1.4 kPa
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54.
A reversible thermodynamic cycle containing only three processes and

producing work is to be constructed. The constraints are: (i) there must be one
isothermal process, (ii) there must be one isentropic process, (iii) the
maximum and minimum cycle pressures and the clearance volume are fixed,
and (iv) polytropic processes are not allowed. Then the numbers of possible
cycles are
(a) 1
55.
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Nitrogen at an initial state of 10 bar, 1 m3 and

a K is expanded isothermally to
300
p+
= RT , where a > 0. the final

a final volume of 2m3. The p-v-T relation is
2
pressure
(a) will be slightly less than 5 bar
(b) will be slightly more than 5 bar
(c) will be exactly 5 bar

(d) cannot be ascertained in the absence of the value of a
56.
Heat flows through a composite slab, as shown below. The depth of the slab is 1
m. the k values are in W/m K. the overall thermal resistance in K/W is
k=0.02
k=0.10
0.5m
1m
q
k=0.04
0. 5m
(a) 17.2
57.
(c) 28.6
(d) 39.2
A small copper ball of 5 mm diameter at 500 K is dropped into an oil bath whose
temperature is 300 K. the thermal conductivity of copper is 400 W/m.K, its
density 9000 kg/m3 and its specific heat 385 J/kg.K. if the heat transfer
coefficient is 250 W/m2.K and lumped analysis is assumed to be valid, the rate of
fall of the temperature of the ball at the beginning of cooling will be, in K/s,
(a) 8.7
58.
(b) 21.9
0.25m
(b) 13.9
(c) 17.3
(d) 27.7
A solid cylinder (surface 2) is located at the center of a hollow sphere (surface

1). The diameter of the sphere is 1m, while the cylinder has a diameter and
length of
0.5m each. The radiation
factor
F110.75
is
(b) configuration
0.625
(c)
(d) 1
(a) 0.375
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59.
Hot oil is cooled from 80 to 50C in an oil cooler which uses air as the coolant.
The air temperature rises from 30 to 40C. the designer uses a LMTD value of
26C. the type of heat exchanger is
(a) parallel flow
60.
(b) double pipe
(c) counter flow
(d) cross flow
The vapor compression refrigeration cycle is represented as shown in the figure

below, with state 1 being the exit of the evaporator. The coordinate system
used in this figure is
2
(a) p-h
3
(b) T-s
(c) p-s
(d) T-h
61.
62.
A vapor absorption refrigeration system is a heat

p ump with three thermal reservoirs as shown in the
figure. A refrigeration effect of 100W is required at
250 K when the heat source available is at 400 K.
Heat rejection occurs at 300 K. the minimum value of
heat required (in
W) is
(a) 167
(b) 100
(c) 80
(d) 20
400k
300k
250k
Various psychrometric processes are shown in the figure below.
W(kg/kg)
4
1
0
3
2
t(C)
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63.
Process in Figure
Name of the process
P. 0-1
i. Chemical dehumidification
Q. 0-2
ii. Sensible heating
R. 0-3
iii. Cooling and dehumidification
S. 0-4
iv. Humidification with steam injection
T. 0-5
v. Humidification with water injection
(a) P i, Q ii, R iii, S iv, T - v
(b) P ii, Q i, R iii, S v, T - iv
(c) P ii, Q i, R iii, S iv, T - v
(d) P iii, Q iv, R v, S i, T - ii
In the velocity diagram shown below, u = blade velocity, C = absolute fluid

velocity and w = relative velocity of fluid and the subscripts 1 and 2 refer to
inlet and outlet. This diagram is for
u1=u2
w1
C1
64.
C2
(a) an impulse turbine
(b) a reaction turbine
(c) a centrifugal compressor
(d) an axial flow compressor
A leaf is caught in a whirlpool. At a given instant, the leaf is at a distance of

120 m from the center of the whirlpool. The whirlpool can be described
by the
60 103
300 103
Vr =
m/s and V0 =
m/s, where
2 r
2 r
following velocity distribution:

r (in meters) is the distance from the center of the whirlpool. What will be the
distance of the leaf from the center when it has moved through half a revolution?
(a) 48 m
65.
w2
(b) 64 m
(c) 120 m
(d) 142 m
A mould has a downsprue whose length is 20 cm and the cross sectional area at
the base of the downsprue is 1 cm2. The downsprue feeds a horizontal runner
leading into the mould cavity of volume 1000 cm3. The time required to fill the
mould cavity will be
(a) 4.05 s
(b) 5.05 s
(c) 6.05 s
(d) 7.25 s
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66.
A 2 mm thick metal sheet is to be bent at an angle of one radian with a bend

radius of 100 mm. If the stretch factor is 0.5, the bend allowance is
2mm
1 radian
(a) 99 mm
67.
70.
(b) 3300 A
(c) 4060 A
(d) 9400 A
(b) 12 minutes
(c) 16 minutes
(d) 20 minutes
The tool of an NC machine has to move along a circular arc from (5,5) to (10,10)
while performing an operation. The center of the arc is at (10,5). Which one of
the following NC tool path commands performs the above mentioned operation?
(a) N010 G02 X10 Y10 X5 Y5 R5
(b) N010 G03 X10 Y10 X5 Y5 R5
(c) N010 G01 X5 Y5 X10 Y10 R5
(d) N010 G02 X5 Y5 X10 Y10 R5
A component can be produced by any of the four processes I, II, III and IV.
Process I has a fixed cost of Rs.20 and variable cost of Rs.3 per piece. Process II
has a fixed cost of Rs.50 and variable cost of Re.1 per piece. Process III has a
fixed cost of Rs.40 and variable cost of Rs.2 per piece. Process IV has a fixed cost
of Rs.10 and variable cost of Rs.4 per piece. If the company wishes to produce
100 pieces of the component, from economic point of view it should choose
(a) Process I
71.
(d) 102 mm
A 600 mm 300 mm flat surface of a plate is to be finish machined on a shaper.

The plate has been fixed with the 600 mm side along the tool travel direction. If
the tool over-travel at each end of the plate is 20 mm, average cutting speed is 8
m/min, feed rate is 0.3 mm/stroke and the ratio of return time to cutting time of
the tool is 1:2, the time required for machining will be
(a) 8 minutes
69.
(c) 101 mm
Spot welding of two 1 mm thick sheets of steel (density = 8000 kg/m3) is carried
out successfully by passing a certain amount of current for 0.1 second through
the electrodes. The resultant weld nugget formed is 5 mm in diameter and 1.5
mm thick. If the latent heat of fusion of steel is 1400 kJ/kg and the effective
resistance in the welding operation is 200 , the current passing through the
electrodes is approximately
(a) 1480 A
68.
(b) 100 mm
(b) Process II
(c) Process III
(d) Process IV
A welding operation is time-studied during which a operator was pace-rated as

120%. The operator took, on an average, 8 minutes for producing the weld-joint.
If a total of 10% allowances are allowed for this operation, the expected standard
production rate of the weld-joint (in units per 8 hour day) is
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(a) 45
72.
(b) 50
(c) 55
(d) 60
The distribution of lead-time demand fro an item is as follows:

Lead time demand
Probability
80
0.20
100
0.25
120
0.30
140
0.25
The reorder level is 1.25 times the expected value of the lead-time demand. The
service level is
(a) 25%
73.
(d) 100%
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 6
A company has two factories S1, S2 and two warehouses D1, D2. the supplies
from S1 and S2 are 50 and 40 units respectively. Warehouse D1 requires a
minimum of 20 units and a maximum of 40 units. Warehouse D2 requires a
minimum of 20 units and, over and above, it can take as much as can be
supplied. A balanced transportation problem is to be formulated for the above
situation. The number of supply points, the number of demand points, and the
total supply (or total demand) in the balanced transportation problem
respectively are
(a) 2, 4, 90
75.
(c) 75%
A project has six activities (A to F) with respective activity durations

7,5,6,6,8,4 days. The network has three paths A-B,C-D and E-F. All the
activities can be crashed with the same crash cost per day. The number of
activities that need to be crashed to reduce the project duration by 1 day is
(a) 1
74.
(b) 50%
(b) 2, 4, 110
(c) 3, 4, 90
(d) 3, 4, 110
Two tools P and Q have signatures 5 5 6 8 30 0
and 5 5 7 7 8 15 0 (both ASA) respectively. They are used to turn

components under the same machining conditions. If hP and hQ denote the peakh
to-valley heights of surfaces produced by the tools P and Q, the ratio P will be
hQ
(a)
tan 8 + cot 15
tan 8 + cot 30
(b)
tan15 + cot 8
tan 30 + cot 8
(c)
tan15 + cot 7
tan 30 + cot 7
(d)
tan 7 + cot 15
tan 7 + cot 30
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Common Data Questions

Common Data for Questions 76, 77, 78: An instantaneous configuration of a four-bar
mechanism, whose plane is horizontal, is shown in the figure below. At this instant, the
angular velocity and angular acceleration of link O2A are =8rad/s and =0,
respectively, and the driving torque () is zero. The link O2A is balanced so that its
center of mass falls at O2.
B
160mm
60mm
90
O4
O2
76.
77.
240mm
Which kind of 4-bar mechanism is O2 ABO4 ?

(a) Double-crank mechanism
(b) Crank-rocker mechanism
(c) Double-rocker mechanism
(d) Parallelogram mechanism
At the instant considered, what is the magnitude of the angular velocity of O4 B ?

(a) 1 rad/s
78.
90
(b) 3 rad/s
(c) 8 rad/s
(d)
64
rad/s
3
At the same instant, if the component of the force at joint A along AB is 30 N,

then the magnitude of the joint reaction at O2
(a) is zero
(b) is 30 N
(c) is 78 N
(d) cannot be determined from the given data
Common Data for Questions 79, 80: In two air standard cycles one operating on
the Otto and the other on the Brayton cycle air is isentropically compressed from 300
to 450 K. heat is added to raise the temperature to 600 K in the Otto cycle and to 550 K
in the Brayton cycle.
79.
If o and B are the efficiencies of the Otto and Brayton cycles, then
(a) o = 0.25, B = 0.18
(b) o = B = 0.33
(c) o = 0.5, B = 0.45

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(d) it is not possible to calculate the efficiencies unless the temperature after the
expansion is given.
80.
If Wo and WB are work outputs per unit mass, then

(a) Wo >WB
(b) Wo <WB
(c) Wo =WB
(d) it is not possible to calculate the work outputs unless the temperature after
the expansion is given.
Linked Answer Questions: Q.81a to Q.85b carry two marks each.
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 81a & 81b: The complete solution for the
d 2y
dy
ordinary differential equation
+p
+ qy = 0 is y = c1e x + c2 e3 x
2
dx
dx
81.
(A) Then, p and q are

(a) p = 3, q = 3
(b) p = 3, q = 4
(c) p = 4, q = 3
(d) p = 4, q = 4
(B) Which of the following is a solution of the differential equation
d 2y
dx
+p
(a) e 3 x
dy
+ ( q + 1) y = 0 ?
dx
(c) xe 2 x
(b) xe x
(d) x 2e 2 x
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 82a & 82b:

A band brake consists of a lever attached to one end of the band. The other end of the
band is fixed to the ground. The wheel has a radius of 200 mm and the wrap angle of
the band is 270. The braking force applied to the lever is limited to 100N, and the
coefficient of friction between the band and the wheel is 0.5. No other information is
given.
200mm
100N
1m
82.
1m
(A) The maximum tension that can be generated in the band during braking is
(a) 1200 N
(b) 2110 N
(c) 3224 N
(d) 4420 N
(B) The maximum wheel torque that can be completely braked is

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(a) 200 N.m
(b) 382 N.m
(c) 604 N.m
(d) 844 N.m
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 83a & 83b: Consider a linear programming
problem with two variables and two constraints. The objective function is: Maximize X1 +
4 4
X2. The corner points of the feasible region are (0,0), (0,2), (2,0) and , .
3 3
83.
(A) If an additional constraint X1 + X2 5 is added, the optimal solution is
5 5
(a) ,
3 3
4 4
(b) ,
3 3
5 5
(c) ,
2 2
(d) (5,0)
(B) Let Y1 and Y2 be the decision variables of the dual and v1 and v2 be the slack
variables of the dual of the given linear programming problem. The optimum
dual variables are
(a) Y1 and Y2
(b) Y1 and v1
(c) Y1 and v2
(d) v1 and v2
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 84a & 84b:

The following table of properties was printed out for saturated liquid and saturated
vapour of ammonia. The titles for only the first two columns are available. All that we
know is that the other columns (columns 3 to 8) contain data on specific properties,
namely, internal energy (kJ/kg), enthalpy (kJ/kg) and entropy (kJ/kg.K).
84.
T(C)
P(kPa)
-20
190.2
88.76
0.3657
89.05
5.6155
1299.5
1418.0
429.6
179.69
0.7114
180.36
5.3309
1318.0
1442.2
20
857.5
272.89
1.0408
274.30
5.0860
1332.2
1460.2
40
1554.9
368.74
1.3574
371.43
4.8662
1341.0
1470.2
(A) The specific enthalpy data are in columns

(a) 3 and 7
(b) 3 and 8
(c) 5 and 7
(d) 5 and 8
(B) When saturated liquid at 40C is throttled to 20C, the quality at exit will be
(a) 0.189
(b) 0.212
(c) 0.231
(d) 0.788
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Statement for Linked Answer Questions 85a & 85b: An un-insulated air
conditioning duct of rectangular cross section 1 m 0.5 m, carrying air at 20C with a
velocity of 10 m/s, is exposed to an ambient of 30C. Neglect the effect of duct
construction material. For air in the range of 20-30C, data are as follows: thermal
conductivity =0.025 W/m.K; viscosity = 18Pa.s; Prandtl number =0.73; density = 1.2
kg/m3. The laminar flow Nusselt number is 3.4 for constant wall temperature conditions
and, for turbulent flow, Nu=0.023 Re0.8 Pr0.33.
85.
(A) The Reynolds number for the flow is

(a) 444
(b) 890
(c) 4.44105
(d) 5.33105
(B) The heat transfer per metre length of the duct, in watts, is:
(a) 3.8
(b) 5.3
(c) 89
(d) 769
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Strokes theorem connects

(a) 2 sin6 xdx

(b) 2 sin7 xdx

A is a 3 4 real matrix and A x = b is an inconsistent system of equations. The

The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by

x 2t 3 + t 2 + 2t. If is the velocity and a the acceleration of the particle in

(b) =0, a=2

A simple pendulum of length 5m, with a bob of mass 1 kg, is in simple

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A uniform, slender cylindrical rod is made of a homogeneous and isotropic

(a) equal deflections but not equal slopes

The number of degrees of freedom of a planar linkage with 8 links and 9

Which one of the following is a criterion in the design of hydrodynamic journal

(b) Rating life

(c) Specific dynamic capacity

(d) Rotation factor

The velocity components in the x and y directions of a two dimensional potential

In a case of one dimensional heat conduction in a medium with constant

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The following four figures have been drawn

According to the first law of thermodynamics, equal areas are enclosed by

(a) Figures 1 and 2

(b) Figures 1 and 3

(c) Figures 1 and 4

(d) Figures 2 and 3

A p-v diagram has been obtained from a test on a reciprocating compressor.

The following figure was generated

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The conclusion is that the measurements are

(d) wrong because Wiens displacement law is not

Water at 42 is sprayed into a stream of air at atmospheric pressure, dry bulb

(b) Air gets heated and humidified

(c) Air gets heated and dehumidified

(d) Air gets cooled and dehumidified

P Hot Chamber Machine

When the temperature of a solid metal increases.

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The strength of a brazed joint

A zigzag cavity in a block of high strength alloy is to be finish machined. This

(b) electro-chemical machining

(b) lesser than the upper limit of the

When 3-2-1 principle in used to support and locate a three dimensional

Cost per piece

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The three curves, 1, 2 and 3 respectively represent

Punching in Sheet Metal (P)

Laser Cutting of Sheet Metal (LC)

Spot Welding (SW)

(a) AW, LC and M

(b) AW, D, LC and M

(c) D, LC, P and SW

An assembly activity is represented on an Operation Process Chart by the

Consider a single server queuing model with Poisson arrivals

= 4 / hour ) . The number in the system is restricted to a

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